by Team CWF | Jan 12, 2022 | News
The Creative Work Fund team is very excited to share 2022 program details with the community, and invite Bay Area artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaborations. This grant program celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 29, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee and Tibetan elder Bhalu Bhaloo has been collaborating with Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company to preserve the previously undocumented and at-risk performing heritage of the Kongpo region of Tibet. They are presenting an authentic Kongpo Losar...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 24, 2021 | 2019, News, Visual Arts
CWF grantee Sofia Córdova has collaborated with the Chinese Culture Center to create dawn_chorus iii: the fruit they don’t have here (learn more here). The experimental video work foregrounds the stories of six Bay Area women who journeyed to the United States...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 23, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Van-Anh Vo collaborated with Iranian singer/songwriter Mahsa Vadat and Vietnamese American Non-Governmental Organization Network (VANGO) to develop Songs of Strength, which will premiere with rapper Kev Choice,...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 27, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
In 2019, Jewlia Eisenberg was funded by the Creative Work Fund to collaborate with the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) on an immersive musical and visual installation inspired by the Bible’s Song of Songs. That project halted when Jewlia died in March 2021, but...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 24, 2021 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
Featuring original music by Russell Rodriguez, Departera: The Road to the Afterlife returns to Teatro Vision for in person performances (October 14-24) and on demand presentations (October 29-November 30). Written by Evelina Fernandez with Teatro Vision, Departera is...
